Improved ventilating-boot



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PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL PERRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPRovED VENTILATINe-Boor.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,37 l, dated August .'21, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL PERRY, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ventilating Boots, Shoes, &e.; and I do hereby deelare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom view of my improved boot, a part of the outer sole being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line x a', Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section ofthe same, taken through the line y y, Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a means for ventilating boots, shoes, 85e., by means of which the air may have a free circulation through the interior of said boots and shoes, the exterior oritices being s0 located as to be free from any liability to become clogged; and it consists in forming a canal or channel between the inner and outer soles of the boots, said canal communicating with the interior of the boot through numerous holes formed through the inner sole, and with the air through tubular canals having orifices through the upper of the boot or shoe.

A represents the upper, B the inner sole, C the outer sole, and D the heel, of a boot.

The middle part of the filling-in or middle sole E is cut away, as shown in the drawings. Through theinner sole, B, are formed numerous holes, extending from the toe to the heel, as shown. In each of these holes may be placed a metallic eyelet, to prevent them from be-V coming closed when the leather may become damp from any cause. On the ball of the foot, where the canal requires to be wider, the outer sole, C, may be supported by short pillars F, as shown in Fig. l. This canal or channel is covered on the lower side by a metallic plate, G, extending its whole length, as shownin Figs. land 2. Over this plate the outer sole,

C, is attached tothe boot in the ordinary man= ner.

H is a thin metallic plate attached to the inner side ofthe upper A at the hollow ofthe foot, having grooves or tubular canals formed in it, as shown, the lower ends of which com lnunicate with the canal formed in the sole of the boot, and their upper ends with the air through holes made through the upper A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This plate may be covered on the inside by a leather cap, I, as shown in Fig. 3.

From the position of the plate H it is im possible that it should hurt the foot, and the openings leading into the canals are thus so elevated as not to be liable to become choked up with dirt or to admit waterto the foot.

Having thus described my invention@ claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement of the perforated inner sole, B, and outer sole, C, vforming the canal E, in combination with the grooved plate H, communicating with the said canal and the outer air, all constructed and operating in the manner and for the purpose herein speciIied.

SAMUEL PERRY.

' Witnesses M. M. LIVINGSTON, JAMEs T. GRAHAM. 

